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SYNDIC (law) and condign (iou)


SYNDIC (law)


SYNDIC. A term used in the French law, which answers in one sense to our word assignee, when applied to the Management of bankrupts' estates; it has word assignee, when applied to the Management of bankrupts' estates; it has also a more extensive meaning; in companies and communities, syndics are also a more extensive meaning; in companies and communities, syndics are they who are chosen to conduct the affairs and attend to the concerns of the they who are chosen to conduct the affairs and attend to the concerns of the body corporate or community; and in that sense the word corresponds to body corporate or community; and in that sense the word corresponds to director or manager. Rodman' s Notes to Code. de Com. p. 351; Civ. Code of director or manager. Rodman' s Notes to Code. de Com. p. 351; Civ. Code of Louis. Art. 429; Dict. de Jurisp. Art. Syndic. Louis. Art. 429; Dict. de Jurisp. Art. Syndic.

condign (iou)



condign adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French condigne from Latin condignus wholly worthy, formed as CON- + dignus worthy.]
1. Equal in worth or dignity (to). LME-M19.
S. Dobell Rank after mingling rank..but each condign.
2. Of a person or thing: worthy, deserving. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
H. Bradshaw As most condigne to beare the principalitie.
3. Worthily deserved, merited, appropriate; adequate. obsolete in gen. sense. LME.
Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost Speak you this in my praise?..In thy condign praise.
b. spec. Of punishment, retribution, etc.: appropriate to the crime, well-deserved and severe. E16.
Bosworth Smith To wreak condign vengeance on the common oppressor. Times Punishment for perjury had to be condign and commensurate with the gravity of the offence.
condignly adverb LME.
condignness [-n-n-] noun L16.